Mia Wong

And, like, that's why most of you have heard of me and most of you probably have not heard of David and Mira, even though David and Mira do, like, quite frankly, more important journalism than I do. And, like, in terms, especially in terms of, like, and, like, break way more fucking stories than I do because it's not kind of, like, not exactly, like, my thing, right? Right.

But that's because I was like, you know, like I was already sort of like in a place that was financially secure and everyone else is so unbelievably fucking broke all the time.

But that's because I was like, you know, like I was already sort of like in a place that was financially secure and everyone else is so unbelievably fucking broke all the time.

But that's because I was like, you know, like I was already sort of like in a place that was financially secure and everyone else is so unbelievably fucking broke all the time.

And it matters when fucking stories get stolen because the only way that if you're a trans journalist and you're, you know, you're working at your own outlet because an outlet won't fucking hire you because that's just the way that the fucking... Yeah.

And it matters when fucking stories get stolen because the only way that if you're a trans journalist and you're, you know, you're working at your own outlet because an outlet won't fucking hire you because that's just the way that the fucking... Yeah.

And it matters when fucking stories get stolen because the only way that if you're a trans journalist and you're, you know, you're working at your own outlet because an outlet won't fucking hire you because that's just the way that the fucking... Yeah.

It's funny because even us, even the podcast, It Could Happen Here, which is a pretty big national thing, there's no one else talks about us. It's fucking amazing. You could just see, you could literally watch every other podcast that's a tenth of our size, there's media coverage of, and there's nothing. And they will never admit that we fucking did anything. It's awesome. It's so cool.

It's funny because even us, even the podcast, It Could Happen Here, which is a pretty big national thing, there's no one else talks about us. It's fucking amazing. You could just see, you could literally watch every other podcast that's a tenth of our size, there's media coverage of, and there's nothing. And they will never admit that we fucking did anything. It's awesome. It's so cool.

It's funny because even us, even the podcast, It Could Happen Here, which is a pretty big national thing, there's no one else talks about us. It's fucking amazing. You could just see, you could literally watch every other podcast that's a tenth of our size, there's media coverage of, and there's nothing. And they will never admit that we fucking did anything. It's awesome. It's so cool.

And I think there's a convergence of factors here too, because like, You know, on the one hand, like in terms of sort of the way that hyper visibility works, right, hyper visibility for trans femmes only works negatively. Like there's only the kind of like you get fucked by it. But then also on top of it, you get the reverse version of it where it's like, yeah, you know, your labor was stolen.

And I think there's a convergence of factors here too, because like, You know, on the one hand, like in terms of sort of the way that hyper visibility works, right, hyper visibility for trans femmes only works negatively. Like there's only the kind of like you get fucked by it. But then also on top of it, you get the reverse version of it where it's like, yeah, you know, your labor was stolen.

And I think there's a convergence of factors here too, because like, You know, on the one hand, like in terms of sort of the way that hyper visibility works, right, hyper visibility for trans femmes only works negatively. Like there's only the kind of like you get fucked by it. But then also on top of it, you get the reverse version of it where it's like, yeah, you know, your labor was stolen.

And this is, you know, this is true both in movements. This is true of the way the sort of capitalist media functions. And then on top of that, we have the kind of, like, trifecta of, like, we will never mention that you exist, which is trans, independent, and radical at the same time. And, like, this is what happens to, like, every fucking trans family journalist.

And this is, you know, this is true both in movements. This is true of the way the sort of capitalist media functions. And then on top of that, we have the kind of, like, trifecta of, like, we will never mention that you exist, which is trans, independent, and radical at the same time. And, like, this is what happens to, like, every fucking trans family journalist.

And this is, you know, this is true both in movements. This is true of the way the sort of capitalist media functions. And then on top of that, we have the kind of, like, trifecta of, like, we will never mention that you exist, which is trans, independent, and radical at the same time. And, like, this is what happens to, like, every fucking trans family journalist.

Like, friend of the show, Maya Arson, CrimeW, has had this happen to it, like, a billion fucking times. Yeah.

Like, friend of the show, Maya Arson, CrimeW, has had this happen to it, like, a billion fucking times. Yeah.

Like, friend of the show, Maya Arson, CrimeW, has had this happen to it, like, a billion fucking times. Yeah.

I want to talk a bit more about kind of just like the financials of how this plays out and how independent media is sort of being supported in this era because you know like it's also really true that like even even the like nominally trans outlets like a lot of it functions on labor exploitation and yeah let's let's talk a bit about that I have a lot of strong cakes seen some shit